Tag Archives: Minnesota

The father and stepmother charged in connection with the death of an 8-year-old Minnesota girl have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Monday. KSTP reports that Brett Jason Hallow, 31, and Sarah Kay Hallow, 29, admitted in court to starving and beating Autumn Hallow leading up to her death last summer. Both will be sentenced …

Malik Beasley has turned himself in to serve his 120-day jail sentence for gun possession. On Tuesday, the Minnesota Timberwolves star was booked into Wright County Jail in Minnesota. The four-month jail stint was related to a September 2020 incident where Beasley pulled a gun on an unsuspecting family who …

A Minnesota man has been charged in connection to the April 2010 shooting death of his wife. Nicholas James Firkus, 38, is accused of fatally shooting his wife Heidi in their home, CNN reports. He is being charged with second-degree intentional murder, according to the criminal complaint.  Firkus initially told police that one or …

A Minnesota woman drove through her ex-boyfriend’s funeral after she was told not to attend. The Fargo Police Department arrested and charged 28-year-old Blair Whitten for reckless endangerment after driving through her ex’s funeral. Whitten was told by her ex’s close friends and family not to attend the ceremony. Whitten …

A white teen at a high school in Big Lake, Minnesota, proposed to a potential prom date using a racist message. Earlier this week, the two students posted a racist “promposal” on Facebook that read: “If I was Black, I’d be picking cotton. But I’m white, so I’m picking you.” …

Former officer Kim Potter, who shot Daunte Wright, could possibly not be charged with a crime because of a Minnesota law stating you can’t hang an air freshener from a vehicle’s rear-view mirror. On Monday, Civil Rights attorney David Henderson said he doesn’t believe the officer who fatally shot 20-year-old …

Last week, a 10-year-old boy from Stillwater, Minnesota, got into some trouble when he stole the family minivan to load up on Cheerios after his parents decided to take a nap. According to the local ABC channel, police attempted to arrest the boy driving the Chrysler minivan after discovering the driver was …

Following the reinstatement of a charge of third-degree murder by a Hennepin County judge on Thursday, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin will be facing an additional murder charge in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin was already charged with accidental murder in the second degree and manslaughter in the …

The courthouse where former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will be tried has been surrounded with barbed wire and fencing ahead of his trial for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin, 44, has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter after he kneeled on George Floyd’s neck last year on …

Early Tuesday in Texas, a deadly winter storm pummeling the country’s south and midsection left millions without electricity and spawned a tornado that killed three people in North Carolina. Freezing weather is expected to come in the next few days. On Tuesday, the county’s emergency services said the suspected tornado …

One person is dead, and four others were injured after a 67-year-old man opened fire at the Allina Health Clinic Crossroads campus in Buffalo, Minnesota, on Tuesday. According to ABC News, law enforcement officials are “very familiar with the suspect,” identified as Greg Ulrich. Ulrich was taken into custody at …

A Minnesota boy who was shot five times was able to identify his mother’s boyfriend as the shooter just before he died. On Tuesday, D’Zondria D. Wallace, 30, and her daughter La’Porsha, 14, were found dead in their apartment, according to People. Ja’Corbie, 11, was found unresponsive and was rushed to an area …

NBA player Kyrie Irving bought George Floyd’s family a house, the New York Post reports.  Last May, the world shifted following the murder of George Floyd, which was at the hands of the police in Minnesota. Former NBA forward Stephen Jackson said the Nets player purchased a house for Floyd’s …

R&B singer R.Kelly will go to trial in Chicago for child pornography and obstruction charges next year. However, the federal trial is set for September. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenwber set the trial to begin September 12, 2021, but expects the date to change because of the pandemic. Kelly pleaded not …

Myron Burrell was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of murdering a child in 2002. However, new evidence and a look into a “flawed” investigation have helped free him. According to NBC News, the state’s pardon board released Burrell, who has been in prison since he was …